Belt-buckle



R. C. KADOW.

BELT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC|4I I919.

Patented June 1, 1920.

INVENTORI Rnharfl ElYaEnw,

ATTORNEYS.

umrsiu PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD C. KADOW, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 SAMUEL M. BIKER, OF CHESTER, NEW JERSEY.

BELT-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Application filed December 4, 1919. Serial No. 342,373.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD C. KAoow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BeltBuckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in buckles; and, the present invention relates, more particularly, to certain improvements in belt-buckles, with a View of providing the buckle proper with a bail to which the looped end of a belt can be attached, said bail having guide-means slidably in cooperation with the side-members of the buckle-body, and said guidemeans having connected therewith a fluted or peripherally ribbed gripping roller extending laterally beneath the lower surface of the buckle-body, and between which surface and the said roller the opposite endportion of the belt can be inserted, and properly pulled into its securely held and adjusted position about the body of the wearer.

The invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a simply constructed buckle of the general construction hereinafter more fully set forth, and embodying in its general construction the characteristics herein-above mentioned; and, the invention has for its further object to provide a buckle in which the rolling movement of the gripping roller is independent of the sliding movement of the guiding means, there beingno sharp projecting and rotating parts extending beyond the outer faces of the side-members of the buckle-body, in which portions of the garment of the wearer might catch and become torn.

Other objects of the present invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the present invention.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel buckle hereinafter set forth; and, the invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims which are appended to and which form an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front face view or plan of a buckle showing one embodiment of the principles of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a rear view of the buckle; and Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section of the buckle, said section being taken on line l-l in said Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow K.

Fig. 5 is a front face view or plan of a buckle of a slightly modified construction, but still embodying the principles of the present invention; and Fig. 6 is a Vertical cross-section of the same, said section being taken on line 6-6 in said Fig. 5.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the said above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the belt'buckle shown comprises essentially a main member or bucklebody consisting, of a face-plate 1, which is preferably outwardly convexed, substantially as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and is provided along its longitudinally extending opposite marginal edges with rearwardly projecting side-flanges or members 2. The said side-flanges or members 2 are formed with oppositely located slots 3, said slots inclining in downward directions from the points 4 near the said face-plate 1 to points 5 farther away from the said faceplate, substantially as illustrated in said Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The reference-character 6, generally, indicates the bail for attachment thereto, in any usual manner, of the looped end-portion of a belt or strap, the said bail comprising a main member 7 formed with a pair of rearwardly extending side-members or arms 8 and 9 which are bent in a manner as indicated at 10, see Fig. 2 of the drawings, the portions 11 and 12 of the respectiveside-members or arms 8 and 9, extending into the space beneath the main bodymember or plate 1 and its side-flanges 2 in the manner illustrated more particularly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The respective portions 11 and 12 are respectively provided with or bent into loop-shaped guiding members 13 and 14 which extend into and are movably but non-rotatably disposed in the oppositely placed inclined or oblique slots 3 in said side-flanges 2.

The free ends of the respective guiding members 13 and 14 extend from the slots 3 in directions toward each other beneath the said face-plate 1, said free ends providing a pair of fingers or journals, as 15 and 16, upon which is rotatably disposed a peripherally fluted or ribbed gripping roller 17.

As illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, in lieu of providing the side-flanges 2 of the buckle with inclined or oblique slots 3, as in the construction hereinabove described, the said side-flanges 2 may be formed with outwardly extending inclined or obliqued members or portions 18, which are pressed out of the solid metal of said side-flanges 2, said outwardly pressed members 18 providing suitably inclined or oblique guiding pockets or chambers 19 in which the respective loop-shaped guidemembers 14 of the bail 6 are non-rotatably but movably disposed, as will be clearly evident, and are hidden from View in the manner shown more particularly in Fig. 6. In all other'respects, this form of buckle is similar in its construction to the style of buckle illustrated in the previously described Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings.

In applying the buckle to a belt, the one end-portion of the belt is looped about the main member 7 of the bail 6 andfastened about said member in any suitable manner. After proper adjustment of the belt, and the buckle thus attached thereto, about the body of the wearer, the bail is moved in a direction opposite from that indicated by the arrow X or Y, in Figs. 2 and 5, so that the guiding elements 13 and 14 of the bail will rest in the lower portions of the oblique slots 3, or the oblique chambers 19, and whereby the peripherally fluted or ribbed gripping roller 17 is located farthest away from the lower or inner face of the main face-plate 1 of the buckle. The free endportion of the belt is now inserted beneath the faceplate 1 and the side-members Q, from the end 20 of the buckle, and passed wover the gripping member 17 and over the looped portion of the belt which was previously fastened to the member 7 of the bail 6. The operator continuing to pull the free end-portion of the belt in the direction of the arrows X or Y, the gripping roller 17 rolls upon the contacting surface-portions of the belt, and the guiding members 13 and 14 of the bail move in the respective slots 3 or chambers 19, so that a positive clamping or holding action between the adjusted beltportion and the gripping roller 17 and the lower or inner surface of the face-plate 1 will finally result.

From the foregoing description of the present invention it will clearly be seen that I have devised a simply constructed beltbuckle which can be cheaply made, is readily adjusted with relation to the belt, the holding and pulling action being very positive, no matter how great the pull or strain, so that the belt will always be retained in its secured relation about the body of the wearer.

I claim 1. A belt-buckle comprising a main body having side-flanges provided with inclined guiding means, a bail for attachment thereto of a belt, said bail having rearwardly extending arms provided with guiding members extending into said guiding means and movably but non-rotatably disposed in said guiding means, roller-receiving elements extending from said guiding members, and a roller rotatably connected withand disposed between said roller-receiving elements.

2,. A. belt-buckle comprising a main body having side-flanges provided with inclined guiding means, a bail for attachment thereto of a belt, said bail comprising a laterally extending main member, a pair of arms ex-- tending rearwardly from said main member between said side-flanges, a laterally extending loop-shaped guide-member connected with each arm, said loop-shaped guidemembers extending into and from said inclined guiding means and being movably but non-rotatably disposed in said guiding means, journal-members connected with and extending laterally from said loop-shaped guide-members, and a gripping roller rotatably connected with and disposed between said journal-members.

3. A be1t-buckle comprising a main body having side-flanges provided with inclined slots, a bail for attachment thereto of a belt, said bail having rearwardly extending arms provided with guiding members extending into said slots and movably but non-rotatably disposed in said slots, rollerreceiving elements extending from said guiding members, and a roller rotatably connected with and disposed between said rollerreceiving elements.

4. A belt-buckle comprising a main body having side-flanges provided with inclined slots, a bail for attachment thereto of a belt, said bail comprising a laterally extending main member, a pair of arms extending rearwardly from said main member between said side-flanges, a laterally extending loopshaped guide-member connected with each am, said loop-shaped guic'le members ex tending into and from said slots and being movably but non-rotatab1y disposed in said slots, journal-members connected with and extending laterally from said loop-shaped guide-members, and a gripping roller rotatably connected with and disposed between said journal members.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand 10 this first day of December, 1919.

RICHARD C. KADOW.

Witnesses:

FREDK C. FRAENTZEL, BARBARA W. SUTTEBLIN. 

